CHARM in a Sentence

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For CHARM, below is one of 243 sentences:
She brought to bear, too, all the charm of smile and glance she possessed but they were wasted, for he did not raise his eyes.

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 Meanings and Examples of CHARM
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charm
 n.  power or quality of pleasing or delighting; attractiveness; item worn for its supposed magical benefit
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
2  But, damn it, she was just so pallid and uninteresting and always the same, beside Scarlett's bright and changeable charm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
3  That was enough to drive a man to distraction, but it had its charm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  It was not that these two loving mentors deplored Scarlett's high spirits, vivacity and charm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
5  On the porch steps stood John Wilkes, silver-haired, erect, radiating the quiet charm and hospitality that was as warm and never failing as the sun of Georgia summer.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  She did not even feel his pinch, for she could hear clearly the sweet voice that was Melanie's chief charm: "I fear I cannot agree with you about Mr. Thackeray's works."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  No pang of conscience at loving another woman's husband or reading that woman's mail disturbed her pleasure in her youth and charm and her renewed assurance of Ashley's love.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
8  And each time he came, a little package in his hand and a compliment for her charm and beauty on his lips, she wilted.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  But many ladies have charm and accomplishments and are just as useless as you are.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  "I said some terrible things to him that night when he deserted us on the road, but I can make him forget them," she thought contemptuously, still sure of her power to charm.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
11  This face at which she stared was not pretty at all and had none of the charm she remembered so well.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
12  For, of course, you know you have more charm than the law should permit.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
13  She brought to bear, too, all the charm of smile and glance she possessed but they were wasted, for he did not raise his eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
14  She had used energy and charm and bargaining to get that order and now the mill was quiet.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLII
15  It had been years since he had chosen to do this but he did it now, putting on gravity and charm, even as he put on waistcoats of more sober hues.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LII
Example Sentence: (33 in 3 pages)
16  She unscrupulously uses her charm to make men do what she wants.
17  Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks or bend a knotted oak.
18  Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.
19  Music has charms to soothe the savage breast.
20  They have their charms, and magic arts, and rites in exorcism and other things.
21  According to the myth, the talisman is the most powerful of all the magical charms.
22  To forgive our enemies is a charming way of revenge.
23  I think he's the most charming, most considerate man I've ever known.
24  She's a very charming and very pretty girl.
25  Fundamentally, women like him for his sensitivity and charming vulnerability.
26  It was a charming piece of music.
27  A smile is the most charming part of a person forever.
28  The professor was a real Jekyll and Hyde - sometimes kind and charming, and at other times rude and obnoxious.
29  He's very charming but I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.
30  He is described as a handsome, charming and slightly older author.